Wall bed



April 8, 1930.

N. SINCLAIR 1,753,304

WALL BED Filed July 18, 1927 V go L b r 20 I N V EN TOR. NEIL \Suvcuug Maw A TTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 8, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT Mme NEIL SINCLAIR, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR To RIP van WINKLE; WALL BED COMPANY, me, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION or CALIFORNIA WALL BED Application filed Jul is, 1927. Serial No. 206,433.

This invention relates to wall beds of the vertically pivoted type and particularly such as swing from one side of a wall to the other through a doorway of less width than the bed, generally known as the narrow door or Murphy type wallbed. I

The objects of the present invention are to provide an arrangement of bed, door and mounting for the bed and door in relation to the doorway whereby when the bed is swung through the narrow doorway from one. side of the wall to the other the door will close the doorway irrespective on which side of the wall the bed maybe. p

Also such an arrangement which may or not be automatic in its action, also such an arrangement which is of simple construction easy to install and operate and not likely to get out of order.

In the drawings accompanyingthis specification Fig. 1 is a transverse section of the lower portion of the complete assembly with the door in full showing the bed at one side of the Wall, presumably in a closet, andfwith the door closing the doorway.

Fig. 2 is a similar View to Fig. 1 but showing the bed swung to the other or room side of the wall and with the door closing the doorway.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the installation as seen from line 33 of Fig. 1 with some parts broken away for clarity. V Briefly described my invention comprises vertically pivoting a wall bed on a vertical axis in a doorway narrower than the width of the bed in such a manner that the bed will swing through the doorwayfrom'one side of the wall to the other, and of slidably supporting a door upon the bed frame structure so that it is movable laterally with respect to the bed while revolvable with it, and whereby when the bed is at either side of the wall the door being laterally slidable on the bed frame may always be slidto a position to close the doorway. Also such an'arrangement provided with means for automatically sliding the door back'andforth on thebed to the proper position, upon swinging the bed and door on the pivotal mounting. g

In the drawings the wall is designated 1 the closet side 2, the room side 3, th d y :iji

or opening 4, the door 5.

The bed structure is supposed to be the common type of wall bed which folds to vertical position when not in use and lowers tohorizontal extension for use and since only its mounting for swinging from one side of the wall to the other when in vertically folded position is involved in this invention only such parts of the bed frame as contributeto the inventionare shown. Theseparts comprise a vertical head-frame 6 having an upper horizontal run 6, a lower transverse connecting angle iron'7, and a pair of brackets 8 to which the vertically folding portion of the bed" (not shown) is usually pivoted at '9.

The pivotal mounting of the bed frame'for swinging from one side of the wall .to the other comprises'a vertical'bar 10 to both ends .of whichare secured brackets 11-12 having short horizontal arms 18-14 respectively ex.- tending below and above the door 5 and vertically pivoted respectively to the floor and head lintel of the doorway at 15 16 through suitablebearing plates as indicated at 17- 18. o 7

The vertical bar 10 is rigidly clamped at 19 to the upper run of the bed frame, and the lower member 7 of the frame preferably rests upon an extension 20 .of bracket 11 and is firmly bolted thereto, all so that the bedframe swings as a unit with the vertical bar 10 on the verticalaxis. pivots 1516. 1

The door 5. floats between arms 13and 14 and is supported on thebed frame by means of a bracket 21, 21 firmly secured to the low;- er rear face of the door and which bracket carrie flanged rollers" 22 rolling upon the upper edge of the angle-iron 7 sothat the door is freely movable in a lateraldirection passing through the on the headframe of thebed. The upper enid 1 I of. the door isheld in vertical .alignmen't by an extension of the pivot 16engaging a slot '23 formed along the upper edge'of the door,

the pivot pin 16 being provided with a revolvable sleeve or small roller 24 in the slot so that it'will work freely therein. 1

tending across and secured to the head-frame. This guard angle is positioned to just clear the rollers 22 a shown so as not to interfere with their free rolling action in carrying the weight of the door on the track angle 7 of the bed frame.

With the structure as described it is manifest that the door is free to be rolled back and forthacross the bed, and since the vertical axis upon which the bed frame swings is close to one side of the doorway so that one edge (A) of the bed overhangs or extends along the wall beyond one side of the door way when the bed is in the closet, and the op osite edge (B) of the bed overhangs the wall eyond this same side of the doorway when the bed is swung out into the room, it follows that the door would always require sliding on the bed away from the overhanging portion in order to fit within the doorway.

Thesliding of the door on the bed may of course be done manually when the bed is turned half way out of the opening, suitable stops 22 being arranged or its travel being so limited that when pushed as far as it will go it will be in the proper position to swing into the doorway as the bed is further revolved.

However, to automatically shift the door along the bed frame I provide a rod 26 adj acent the floor and pivoted at one end at 27 to the floor at a point centrally of the door and at a point 28 to an extension from the bracket '21 which is secured to the door, thus when the bed and door are swung around on the pivots 15-16 the door is held centralized with respect to the doorway by this rod and thereby is caused to shift on the bed from the position shown in Fig; l to that of Fig. 2. I

It is manifest that other means may be resorted to for automatically shifting the door on the bed during the movement of the bed on its pivots, and also that while I show the pivots 1516 centralized below and above the edges of the door so that the door in reversing will occupy the same plane in the doorway which it closes,the pivots may be displaced any degree to a position entirely in back of Y the door if desired, the only effect being that the door will not occupy the same plane in the doorway when the bed is on the outside of the wall as when in the closet, but this is of no great importance since there are no stops on the doorway.

.Also, it should be noted that while I show and. prefer rollers for supporting the door upon the bed, plain sliding blocks may be usedinstead if desired, also while I show the door supported directly on the bed, it is evident that itmay be supported on the adjacent structure connected to the bed.

Also it shouldbe noted that while I have shown my improved bed mounting in connection with a single door it is evident that an ad ditional door may be placed alongside of the single door in the usual manner without losing any of the advantages of my invention, and therefore in my claims where I specify that the door reverses in or closes the doorway, it follows that it means so much of the doorway as the area of the door will close, and not also an additional portion or extension of the doorway purposely provided to be closed by such an additional door.

I claim: f

1. A wall bed, means by which the wall bed is vertically pivoted to swing out of a doorway from one side of a wall to the other side, a door for saiddoorway, means by which the door is carried by the bed structure and is laterally shiftable thereon.

2. A wall bed, means by which the wall bed is vertically pivoted to swing out of a doorway narrower than the bed from one side of a wall to the other side, a door for said doorway, means by which the door is carried by the bed structure and is laterally shiftable thereon.

3. A wall bed, means by which the wall bed is vertically pivoted to swing out of a doorway from one side of a wall to the other side, a door for said doorway, means by which the door is carried by the bed structure and is laterally shiftable thereon, and means for shifting said door on said bed structure upon swinging the bed.

4. A wall bed, means by which the wall bed is vertically pivoted to swing out of a doorway narrower than the bed from one side of a wall to the other side, a door for said doorway, means by which the door is carried'by the bed structure and is laterally shiftable thereon, and means for shifting said door on the bed structure in swinging the same so as j to close the doorway with the door in either position of the bed. 1

5. A wall bed arranged adjacent a doorway with one edge overlapping the wall at one side of the doorway, horizontally extend ing arms from said bed, means by which said arms are vertically pivoted to the upper and lower portion of the doorway whereby the bed may be swung through the doorway and overlapwith its opposite edge the outside of the wall at the said side of the doorway, a door for said doorway, means by which the door is movably' mounted on the bed structure whereby it may be laterally shifted thereon so as to fit within the doorway with the bed i with one edge Overlapping the wall at one side of the doorway, horizontallyextending arms from said bed, means by which said arms are vertically pivoted to the upper and lower portion of the doorway whereby the bed may be swung through the doorway and overlap with its opposite edge the outside of the wall at the said side of the doorway, a door for said doorway, means by which the door is movably mounted on the bed structure whereby'it may be laterally shifted thereon so as to fit within the doorway with the bed on either side of the wall, and means for so shifting the door upon the bed structure upon swinging the same.

9. A wall bed arranged adjacent a doorway with one edge overlapping the wall at one side of the doorway, horizontally extending arms from said bed, means by which said arms are vertically pivoted to the upper and lower portion of the doorway whereby the bed may be swung through the doorway and overlap with its opposite edge the outside of the wall at the said'side of the doorway, a door for said doorway, means by which the door is movably mounted on the bed structure whereby it may be laterally shifted thereon so as to fit within the doorway with the bed on either side of the wall, and means for so shifting the door upon the bed structure upon swinging the same comprising a rod pivoted at one end to a rlgldmember and at the other to the door structure.

10. A wall bed arranged adjacent a door way with one edge overlapping the wall at one side of the doorway, horizontally extending arms from said bed,.means by which said arms are vertically pivoted to the upper and lower portion of the doorwayewhereby the bed may be swung through the doorway and overlap with its opposite edge the outside of the wall at the said side of the doorway, a door for said doorway, means by which the door is movably mounted on the bed structure whereby it may be laterally shifted thereon so as to fit within the doorway with the bed on and guiding the upper end of the door with respect to the doorway. v

11. In a structure as specified in claim 5, the movable mounting of thedoor upon the bed including a bracket secured to the door, rollers carried by said bracket, and a transverse member on the bed uponwhich said rollers are rollable, and a fixed member slid-- ably engaging the upper end of the door arranged and adapted for aligning the same with respect to the doorway while permitting the moving of the door on said mounting relative to the bed.

12. A wall bed, means by which the wall bed is vertically pivoted to swing out of a doorway from one side ofa wall to the other side, a door for sand doorway, means asso-' ciated with the bed pivoting means by which elther side of the wall, and means aligning bylwhich the an doorway-narrower than the bedfrom one side of a wall to the other side, a door in said doorway,means associated with the'bed piv- ,.oting means by which the dooris mounted for reversing in said doorway to close the door with either face outward and supportingsaid door for lateral movement with respect to. its

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mounting and to said bed in aplane substanj tially, parallel to the head of the bed upon swinging the same. V 1 14. A wall bed, means bywhich the wall bed' is vertically pivoted to swing out of; a doorway narrower than-the bedfromone side of a wall to. the other side',a door in said doorway, means associated withthe bed pivoting means by which the door is mounted for reversing in said doorway to close the door with either face outward and supporting said door for lateral movement with respect to its mounting and to said bed, and means to eflect such lateral movement of the door from one extreme position to the other operated upon swinging the bed through'the doorway.

15. A wall bed,'means by which the wall bed is vertically pivoted to swing out of a door is mounted so as to be reversible in said doorway and laterally movable with respect to its mounting and to said bed upon swinging the bed, and means to efiect such lateral movement of the door from one extreme position to the otheroperated upon swinging the bed through the doorway. v

16. A wall bed, means by which the wall bed is vertically pivoted to swing out of a r V doorway from one side of a wall to the other side, a door in said doorway, means'associated with the bed pivoting means by which the door is mounted on vertical pivots so as to be reversible in said doorway while maintained substantially parallel to the head of the bed and laterally movable with respect to its pivotal mounting upon swinging of the bed.

17. A wall bed, means by which the bed is vertically pivoted on a fixed pivotal axis to swing through a doorway narrower than the bed fromone side of a wall to the other side in a circular arc of travel from said fixed pivotal axis, a dooroadapted for closing said doorway, means associated with the bed pivoting means by which the door is mounted so ally movable relative to said fixed pivotal axis, and means for automatically reversing said door in said doorway upon swinging the bed from one side of the wall to the other on' as to be reverslble 1n said doorway and latersaid circular arc of travel from said fixed pivotal axis.

18. A wall bed arranged adjacent a doorway with one edge overlapping the wall at one side of the doorway, horizontally extending arms from said bed, means by which said arms are vertically pivoted to the upper and lower portion of the doorway whereby the bed may be swung through the doorway and overlap with its opposite edge the outside of,

the wall at the said'side of the doorway, a door for said doorway, means by which the door is movably mounted onthe bed structure whereby it may be laterally shifted thereon so as to fit within the doorway with the bed on either side of the wall, and means for so shifting the door upon the bed structure upon swinging the same comprising a bracket secured to the lower part of the door, a rod pivoted at one end to the floor adjacent the center of the door and at the other to said bracket.

' NEIL SINCLAIR. 

